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Elk Grove football ready to practice

After a fire in July destroyed the Elk Grove High School football team’s equipment, generous donations from the community has them back on the field.

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Updated: 2:42 PM PDT Aug 13, 2013

Elk Grove football ready to practice

After a fire in July destroyed the Elk Grove High School football team’s equipment, generous donations from the community has them back on the field.

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Updated: 2:42 PM PDT Aug 13, 2013

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WEBVTT ALMOST A MONTH AGO A FIRE BROKE OUT THAT DESTROYED $50,000 IN FOOTBALL GEAR. TODAY, THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE, THERE IS AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE TEAM DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED. BRIAN HICKEY IS OUT THERE. STARTING TOMORROW THEY CAN USE THEIR FIELD EQUIPMENT FOR PRACTICE BUT IT WAS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT AS A FIRE BURNED UP THEIR EQUIPMENT. YOU HAVE SOME GEAR NOW, COACH. YES, WE HAVE SOME GEAR READY FOR TOMORROW. WE HAVE HAD AN AMAZING RESPONSE BY THE COMMUNITY, AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF COMING TOGETHER, GETTING THINGS TAKEN CARE OF AS POSSIBLY AS WE COULD HAVE SO WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A FOOTBALL SEASON. THE FIRE WAS ON JULY 18. THE BACKS WERE HERE, AND UTILITY VEHICLES TO TRANSFER THESE BAGS FROM THE PRACTICE FACILITY TO THE FIELD. A FIELD GROOMER. ALL THAT STUFF WENT UP IN FLAMES. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE SEASON STARTED. HOW IS IT LOOKING? WE ARE REALLY EXCITED WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE DID NOT DREAM THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF THIS IN TIME, BUT FROM DONATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FROM FRIENDS THROUGHOUT, THEY HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL ARE BUILDING SOME NEW SHEDS FOR YOU. HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT SOME OF YOUR OPPONENTS ARE HELPING YOU? IT IS GREAT. WE CAN HAVE RIVALRIES AND ALL OF THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS. YOU ARE RALLYING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. THAT WAS ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT. ANY IDEA WHO WOULD HAVE DONE THIS? WE HAVE NO IDEA. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY LOVES US. GO AHEAD AND GET ON WITH PRACTICE WITH THEIR BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT. A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

Elk Grove football ready to practice

After a fire in July destroyed the Elk Grove High School football team’s equipment, generous donations from the community has them back on the field.